Friday Stuff

Ugh, a short heatwave in the 90's has come early to our area. So, this is a good day to work on my PP Pop blocks. Once I figure out sizes to cut fabric pieces the project really takes off.
I sewed these yesterday, so far sew good. Glad I had stocked up on lime green, it pops the Pops. (Ha, ha).

Chicken stuff- Meet Boyd
Neighbors hen raised one chick for a few weeks and then left it (normal hen mothering). Boyd is a cross from white Leghorn Roo and black Australorp. He was lonely so we put him in my coop with bigger chicks.
When Boyd is big enough he will go back home with neighbors gentler flock. It will be interesting to see how the black marks develop on Boyds wings.

The hen waterhole is great for the sudden jump in temps these few days.

Resourceful hens have figured out they can get a cool damp dirt bath if they excavate close to the waterhole.That big rock was in their way so they scratched around and moved it! LOL

Polish chicks just keep growing their head feathers.Females sport a nice big well groomed pouf. Roosters have unruly long head feathers. UH-OH, these two are growing some pretty wild head toppers!

Dear Smudgie has the right idea about hanging out.She is under the ceiling fan enjoying the constant breeze.

Update On New Chicks

Cochin/Silky mixed Banties enjoy the branches. They all try to perch there at night. The little brown chick at feeder is one of the Partridge Rocks. They have doubled in size and are still very docile. These are not Banty sized but will be seven lb. laying hens.


Lots of preening going on. That Frizzle girl has a wild eye.
The slanted board is for the chicks to go behind when it rains or if they are getting picked on. Bunch of squabblers I have! But no one gets hurt.

Frizzle doesn't pick on the Cochin Rooster. His comb turned very bright and as suspected he is a roo cuz he crowed his first cock-a-doodle when I showed up to feed this morning.

The smallest chick I named Sparrow. He is just half the size of the other Banties. Cannot safely free range the Banties cuz Sparrow is still tiny enough to go thru the wire fencing. But at half their size he still bullies the Speckled Sussex and Partridge Rocks.

Soon to be laying hens are almost as big as the black Cochin Banty hen.

Free ranging but they stay under cover as much as they can. You can see the white starting to come in on the two Speckled Sussex girls.

Elvis all grown up! He turned out to be one handsome Silky Roo! Sadly his hens don't respect him. They won't let him mate and will peck his head if he tries to woo their hearts.

Not much sewing going on here. Computer and phone have been out four days, just repaired last night. Lightning fried the service tower last Thursday night. I have Scotty Dog blocks to get sewn and swapped (mail on Friday). I could not get to the block pattern with the computer down. Today was spent getting caught up with emails and blogs plus Mouse went to vet for his Percortin injection. I was tired today cuz of doing lots of house cleaning yesterday. (((sigh))) Hope to have more energy tomorrow.

I switched back to the old blogger posting system. It was easier, and I figured out how to delete photos by using "edit html". Hope to keep up with any new changes and not become so frustrated. I like keeping this journal. So there :)